If Not For You Chords
by Great Divide
If Not For You by Great Divide is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, C, G and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Em C G G D G
Em C G
You were starin' across some smokey bar when I saw you
Em C G D
And you were starin' hard at me.
Em C G C
And nobody ever looked at me that way
G D G
And I sure could stand your company.
Em C G
I was standin' there playin' my guitar
Em C G
And I was drunk out of my mind
Em C G C
But I may have never had the courage
G D G
To walk up to you and leave my heart behind.
C G
- I didn't care if you were the daughter of the devil
C G
I didn't care if you could not be true
C G C
But I'm glad that you turned out to be my angel
G D G
Cause I'd've gone to hell tryin' to make an angel out of you. -
C G G D G
Em C G
The years, they've flown by and you still have my heart
Em C G D
After all we put each other through
Em C G C
And if I were alone right now I'd be in the dark...
G D G
I would've never been my best, if not for you.
Chorus:
C G
- I didn't care if you were the daughter of the devil
C G
I didn't care if you could not be true
C G C
But I'm glad that you turned out to be my angel
G D G
Cause I'd've gone to hell tryin' to make an angel out of you
G D G
Yeah, I'd've gone to hell tryin' to make an angel out of you -
Em C G C G D G